Our Lesson Plan/ Unit Studies this week we be studying Willie Nelson music.
Spelling Words:
Country Music, Willie Nelson, Abbott, Texas, actor, activist, outlaw country, guitar, Red Headed Stranger, Nashville, Great Depression, Texas Music Project
Discussion questions:
- What year was Willie Nelson born?
- Which City was Willie Nelson born in?
- What is the category of Country Music Willie helped define?
- Which part of the Military was Willie in? Why was he discharged?
- Whose band did Willie join?
- Name the member of the Highway Men.
- How much did he own the IRS and how did he pay them?
- How many songs had Willie Nelson written?
Reading:
Willie Nelson is more than just a singer whose albums have captures this country’s imagination for more than thirty years: he is the nearest thing we have to the poet laureate of America’s heart and the heartland. Told with frankness, warmth and earthy humor, here is Willie’s story: his depression ere childhood; his stormy marriages; his experiences with drugs, booze and women; his long rise to stardom; his musical and personal experiences with Waylon Jennings, Julio Iglesias, Kris Kristopherson, Johnny Cash, Ray Charles, Loretta Lynn, George Jones, Frank Sinatra and Linda Ronstadt.
Art:
Put together a collage of Willie Nelsons Live using Mixed Media.
Music Class:
Choose a Willie Nelson song to sing on Friday during Free Time for David and I.
Thank you,
Glenda, Charlie and David Cates
